Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#1Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:09pm
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Updated On: 8/27/12 at 09:09 PM
#2Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:13pm
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#2Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:14pm$
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#3Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:20pmIt's illegal to make audience members rub Vaseline on their eyes.
#4Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:32pmAfraid of critics? Afraid of audience? Movie star endurance laziness? Un directable? Afraid of Rosie?
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#6Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:34pmSmtyms we b btchs.
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#7Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:35pmI'm going to write TURTLENECK: THE MUSICAL for her.
#8Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 9:59pm"Turtleneck: The Musical". Featuring music by Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Featuring the showstopper, "STFU-The Yentl Goes Mental Ballet"
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#9Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:23pm
Is it possible the OP simply doesn't know?
broadway guy, Streisand has been saying since she left the OBC of FUNNY GIRL that she is "too lazy" (her words) to do 8 shows per week. She has said she'd rather make a movie and then sit in her bathtub while she simultaneously appears on movie screens all over the world.
In her occasional concert tours, she can play bigger houses, charge more money and work a less demanding schedule.
#10Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:28pmShe was in talks to do a musical version of 'Night, Mother until she found out she wasn't playing Jessie.
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#11Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:33pmShe'd have to do the show in takes.
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#12Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:05pmThankyou GavestonPS.Thats all I really wanted to know.
#13Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:09pmYou're very much welcome. Not everyone agrees, but I see nothing wrong with coming here to ask for information. There are few questions that somebody here can't answer.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:15pmWell no one's been able to tell me why Loretta Swit hasn't become the mega star she should be!
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#15Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:16pm$
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#16Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:17pmIf I had the answer, I'd tell you, Dolly. You know I would.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#17Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:18pmIt isn't just laziness. Barbra has often cited rehearsals and previews for "Funny Girl" were the fun. Once the show was frozen, when the discoveries were mostly finished, she got bored.
#18Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:26pm
"Well no one's been able to tell me why Loretta Swit hasn't become the mega star she should be!"
Cuz that bitch has had her face lifted so many times, she can lick her forehead.
#19Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:28pm
It isn't just laziness. Barbra has often cited rehearsals and previews for "Funny Girl" were the fun. Once the show was frozen, when the discoveries were mostly finished, she got bored.
And her critics say the same thing. William Goldman writes in THE SEASON that by the end of her run in FUNNY GIRL, it was like watching Jerry Lewis.
But I was just quoting the lady herself, Owen.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#20Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:30pmLoretta Swit is kind of a weirdo and pain in the ass.
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#21Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:31pmTHE SEASON is so incredible. I urge anyone who hasn't read it to do so ASAP. Having something written right at that moment that actually says how people weren't impressed with Babs, when time has turned her performance into something every single person who ever saw it says was life altering, is really fascinating.
#22Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:47pmJordan, I reread it at least once a year and each time I find I can't put it down. Yes, some of the Broadway economics are now dated, but Goldman's observations on the theater as entertainment and art still hold true.
#23Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:49pmI should write a book about the coming season with all kinds of witty remarks on shows like MOTOWN and A CHRISTMAS STORY that will be discussed for decades to come.
#24Why doesn't Barbra Streisand return to Broadway?
Posted: 8/27/12 at 11:50pm:sigh: Good luck with that, JC!
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